Begin
with name and contact details
Make this
information available at the beginning of your CV. This should include your
postal address, phone number (preferably mobile number) and e-mail address
(only one). If a company wants to call you for an interview or needs to
communicate with you for any further information, they will look out for this
information. If it is buried somewhere inside the CV it will not only put them
off but also reduce their chances of contacting you.
Write
an appealing career summary
This is your chance
to bring forward relevant strengths and skills to the recruiter. Everything
in your CV should support your Career Summary. If there's anything that doesn't
support your Career Summary, you should reconsider listing it.
You should write
your Career Summary around your skills, attitude, knowledge and experience.
There are two schools of thought on writing the career statement.
Some people think
that it should be a short 30-40 word paragraph while others give it liberty to
be covered in 4-5 bulleted points. Whatever you decide on, ensure that
everything relevant that you want to sell to the prospective employer is
covered here. At the same time, it should not become nauseating.
Focus
on your work experience, responsibilities and achievements
If you are an
experienced candidate, your work experience is your main asset. Include the
details of the relevant jobs you have done in the past. You should present your
work experience in a chronologically descending order i.e. the last company
first.
This should include
the name of the company, your designation and tenure followed by your job
responsibilities and achievements. It is always better to present this
information in bulleted format rather than a clumsy paragraph. Mention some
figures when you talk about your achievements.
For example:
Worked as Business Development Manager for XYZ Company from June 2000 to
January 2004.
Job
responsibilities:
- Setting up 7 franchisees across 4 countries
- Maximising the business from existing
customers
Your
next asset is your educational qualification
Educational
qualifications play an important role in the recruitment of fresher’s. If you
are a fresh candidate, focus your CV on your qualifications and achievements
during your student life.
Write
about your out-of-work achievements, interests and hobbies
These reflect your
personality and skills. Present the relevant achievements in the order of
priority i.e. the most important achievement first. Similarly, present your
interests as well. Write about the achievements that display a facet of your
personality. For example, if you have been the president of your college, do
mention it. It shows your leadership skills.
Write
short sentences with more impactful words
Lengthy CVs put the
recruiter off. Keep the sentences short and use words that demonstrate your
hold of the situation like managed, arranged, supervised etc.
Formal
font faces
A font
like Verdana-10 should be good for the content while the Name at the top can be
written in Verdana-12, with a bold font face.
Use the
same tense through out the CV.
Changing the tense in every second line leaves the reader confused and annoyed.
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